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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Site Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Government Digital Service - **Location:** London, UK (Remote available) - **Salary:** £58,975.0 - £79,215.0 - **Contract:** Temporary to permanent - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Proxy Servers, Cyber Security, Databases, Continuous Integration, Software Design Patterns, Linux, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Web Servers, Python (Programming Language), Queueing Systems, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Virtual Machines, Load Balancing, Delivery Pipeline, AWS Lambda, Git, Cloudformation, SC Clearance, Kubernetes, Serverless Computing, Programming Languages - **Published:** October 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f1207311c50f5432 ## About the Role * a high level of proficiency in at least one programming language (we use Java, Typescript, and Python), modern development standards, awareness of development process optimisation and strong Git skills * a working knowledge of Agile best practices, the benefits of focusing on user needs and have used quantitative and qualitative data about users to turn user focus into outcomes * a deep understanding of Linux operating system internals and are comfortable working with Linux virtual machines or containers, including the ability to identify, locate and fix service faults, capacity management and availability strategies * strong experience of supporting large production services with infrastructure technologies including databases, web servers, DNS, CDNs, reverse proxies, message queues and load balancers. Systems design experience, working with well understood technology and identifying appropriate patterns. Have established design patterns and iterated them * extensive experience of building and maintaining services in the cloud (preferably AWS), creating infrastructure as code using Terraform and CloudFormation, and using container orchestration systems like Kubernetes or ECS or serverless application design with AWS Lambda * knowledge of setting up pipelines in a CI/CD tool like Github Actions or AWS Codepipeline, and will have built and tested simple interfaces between systems and worked on more complex integrations as part of a wider team * a good understanding of information security principles and how to keep large operational services secure, * a high level of proficiency in at least one programming language (we use Java, Typescript, and Python), modern development standards, awareness of development process optimisation and strong Git skills In the Civil Service, we use Success Profiles to evaluate your skills and ability. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, increases performance and improves diversity and inclusivity. We’ll be assessing your technical abilities, skills, experience and behaviours that are relevant to this role. For this role we’ll be assessing you against the following Civil Service Behaviours: * working together * changing and improving * making effective decisions We’ll also be assessing your experience and specialist technical skills against the following skills defined in the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework for the DevOps Engineer role: * availability and capacity management * development process optimisation * information security * modern standards approach * programming and build (software engineering) * service support * systems design * systems integration ## Description * be part of one of our multidisciplinary service teams working with and supporting front-end and back-end developers, delivery and product managers, tech writers and architects * build and maintain resilient, highly available and secure systems to meet the needs of our users * take responsibility for solving complex and interesting problems * create infrastructure as code to ensure our infrastructure and deployment pipelines are reusable, repeatable and reliable * ensure our systems are appropriately monitored and instrumented to enable our teams to identify and respond to operational issues quickly and effectively * build CI/CD pipelines to enable our developers to get their code into production as quickly and safely as possible * act as a digital ambassador, sharing experiences through public speaking and blog posts * participate in our in-hours 2nd line and out-of-hours support rotations to gain empathy for users and awareness of operational concerns * share knowledge of tools and practices with your wider team and peers to drive consistency and maintain our high engineering standards, In the event we receive a high volume of applications, we will conduct the initial sift against the lead criteria which is, Please note that, due to the timelines for this role, we will be progressing applications as they are received rather than waiting for the closing date. This means that sifting, phone screening and interviews will take place on an ongoing basis throughout the campaign. Once you have submitted your application, we aim to complete the initial sift and let you know within one week whether you will be progressing to the next stage of the process. Candidates that do not pass the interview but have demonstrated an acceptable standard may be considered for similar roles at a lower grade. A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy. Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible. For meaningful checks to be carried out, you will need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time, to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. Whilst a lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance, and expectation of UK residency may range from 3 to 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements needed for the role may result in the withdrawal of provisional jobs offers. Sponsorship DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check . See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks., * UK nationals * nationals of the Republic of Ireland * nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK * nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) * nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) * individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 * Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service